We Stopped by One World Trade Center

After interviewing Csaba Téglás, we returned to New York and got out of the car at the World Trade Center.

Right beside the tower often called the Freedom Tower is a major transportation hub.

From here you can take trains to New Jersey and connect to subway lines leading across New York.

In many ways, the area functions as a second major centre after Times Square.

I would divide a visit into four parts.

A good place to begin is the striking white building that looks a little like a fish skeleton.

From this building you can reach the completely renovated Fulton Street subway station.

Once you walk through the building, you arrive almost immediately at One World Trade Center, the tallest building in New York.

There is an interesting technical detail here because another tall building near Central Park reaches a comparable total height when its antenna structure is included.

You can go to the top of the World Trade Center for around 56 dollars.

The attraction is called One World Observatory.

As with most major attractions here, there is a security check at the entrance.

After that, you travel down by escalator into a space filled with projections and information about the construction of the building.

Then an elevator takes you up to the 101st floor.

Pay attention to the video playing on the elevator walls.

It is spectacular.

As you rise, the city and the building itself appear to grow around you.

At the top, the view is first revealed dramatically through a glass wall.

Then you move down one level and can walk around the observation area, looking across all of New York through the glass.

The most impressive time to visit is roughly one hour before sunset.

You can also rent a tablet with an application that identifies the landmarks you see in the distance.

Guided tours are available too.

Still, to be honest, it does not replace my personal favourite:

Top of the Rock.

Here is what you can see from One World Observatory.

After leaving the tower, you find the 9/11 Memorial Museum and the monumental memorial built on the footprints of the destroyed Twin Towers.

At night, the memorial is especially powerful.

It is morning here now, and we are about to leave for our next interview.

This person will be the third role model featured in my biographical and portrait photography exhibition in New York on 23 October.

To finish, here is a short live broadcast from the “fishbone” building and the World Trade Center area.

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